MALAYSIAS OUTBOUND

TOURISM STATISTICS
UNWTO STATISTICS CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME ON TOURISM
STATISTICS FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, 22-26 NOVEMBER 2010

Q1: Could you evaluate the present information

available regarding flows of outbound visitors?
Data source :

Cash Balance Of Payment

Estimation method :

Adjustments made based on list of tourism

characteristic product

Agency involve :

Central Bank of Malaysia

Concept and
definition :

Cash BOP capture transaction between resident and

non-resident

Standard :

BPM 5

Coverage :

All transactions via banking system

Items :

Personal travel and business travel (outflow)

Limitation :

- Data quality assurance

- Timeliness vs comprehensiveness
- Informal channel

Q2: Is there a clear interest in the analysis of

outbound tourism?

YES, however we do not have the capacity to do the analysis

since were using the data collected by the Central Bank which
uses BOP concept and doesnt have criteria on breakdown of
expenditure, mode of transportation, length of stay etc.

Q3: Are there new initiatives envisaged to improve

the measurement of this form of tourism?
A robust proportion of tourism characteristic products
Future plan:
To conduct a specific survey on outbound tourism to replace
cash BOP in order to obtain a comprehensive data on
outbound tourism

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